HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise prior to 2.0.1 are vulnerable to code execution on the client host through a path traversal attack. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-7474) is fixed in Nomad 2.0.1, 1.11.5 and 1.10.11.
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-22
Nomad vulnerable to path traversal in dynamic host volume which may lead to code execution
Problem type
Affected products
HashiCorp
Nomad
< 2.0.1 - AFFECTED
Nomad Enterprise
< 2.0.1 - AFFECTED
References
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-hx53-77qj-8663
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise prior to 2.0.1 are vulnerable to code execution on the...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hx53-77qj-8663HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise prior to 2.0.1 are vulnerable to code execution on the client host through a path traversal attack. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-7474) is fixed in Nomad 2.0.1, 1.11.5 and 1.10.11.
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